Everything Twilight belongs to Stephanie.

BELLA'S POV

Waking up I could since something was wrong. I had this eerie feeling. Looking over at my clock I noticed it was a little after 10. So I climbed out of bed, and followed the smell of fresh brewed coffee. Walking into the kitchen I was met with, well everyone. What the hell is going on? I went and grabbed a cup of coffee, jumped up on the counter and began sipping it, watching everyone, who was watching me.

"Bella we need to know something." My dad asked effectively stopping the staring contest.

"Okay?" I dragged out.

"The night of the bonfire, you said you had your run in with cold ones, right?" I started hyperventilating. I knew this was coming. Just when things were starting to get good.

"Calm down Bella." Paul said walking over too me. Pulling me into a hug.

"I cant talk about this in front of everyone Paul." I whispered.

"Okay we can handle that. I want everyone besides Paul and Charlie to go over to my house and wait until I get there." Sam said.

"Does Sam have to hear this?" I whispered again.

"Yeah hun… he does." he said hugging me tighter.

Everyone stood up from wherever they were, and may there way to the door. My nerves were shot. Paul grabbed my hand and I jumped from the counter and followed him into the living room. Sam walking behind me. Dad walking behind him. I sat on the couch, Paul sat next to me. Dad sat in his recliner, and Sam sat on the coffee table in front of us.

"What did you need to know?" I asked, with a shaky voice.

"We need to know how you know about the cold ones." Sam said.

I looked down at my hands, and started playing with the end of my shirt. Pulling off lint that wasn't there.

"I dated one." I said.

"You dated one? Is this the same one that did all the shit to you Bella?" Paul asked obviously upset.

"Paul if you cant handle this you need to leave." Sam said.

"No. Please don't leave. You deserve to hear this."

"I'm not going anywhere Bella, but we need to know everything you know. Is he the one who did all that shit to you."

I nodded.

"How did you meet him?" Sam asked.

"In a book store in Phoenix." I said.

"Did you know he was a vampire?" Sam asked.

"Not at first. But then I started noticing different things. He was always very cold. He was fast. Strong. We never went out in the sunlight. Only went places where we were going to be inside."

"And did you ask him about it?" Sam said.

"Yes, and he didn't deny it."

"And you were okay with that? Do you know how reckless that is? What could have happened?" Paul fired off.

"Yes I was okay with it. It wasn't a choice he made. I thought I loved him, he loved me. He never hurt me before that night. He never did anything other than be there for me….with me.

"Okay, moving on." Sam said.

"Why would there be leeches looking for you?" Sam said and I froze.

"What?" I started rocking back and forth, wrapping my arms around my stomach, trying to hold myself together.

"Who was Laurent?" Paul asked.

My head snapped up to look at him.

"How did you hear that name?" I asked.

"He told it to us last night when we found him." Sam said.

"He was here?…. Oh god I have to get out of here. You guys don't understand. There coming for me?"

"Bella calm down a second. Slow down. Start from the beginning." Paul said rubbing small circles on my back.

"When I met him, he was great. He said we were supposed to be together. Things were going really well for a while. We did the normal couple thing. Went to movies, dinner. Even though he didn't eat. He said he fed off the blood of animals."

"About two months into our relationship, he said he had to leave for a little while, but he would be back. Two weeks later he came back and we picked up were we left off. Only he was different. A little more distant. But I didn't really think anything of it then."

"That night…that night, he said we were playing a game. He asked me who I missed most in life. I asked him why he was doing this to me, I told him that I thought he loved me. He said he never loved me."

"I asked him why he was doing this too me. He told me that if he gave me all the answers than the game wouldn't be any fun."

"He asked me if I missed home. If I missed the dogs. He asked me how dad would feel knowing that I was dating one of them. He said that something was taken away from him that he would never get back."

"He asked if dad was an elder of the tribe. He said that some choices were made a few months ago, and he was surprised to find his daughter in Arizona, but it the game more interesting."

"He said it was too easy, but he wouldn't kill me. He needed me alive."

I looked over to dad and saw him trying to hold back the tears.

"I'm sorry dad." I said jumping off the couch and climbing into his lap hugging him.

"No baby, its not your fault." He said clinging to me. We sat, crying together for a few more minutes.

Climbing off of him once I calmed down, I went back over and set next to Paul.

"Are you mad?" I asked when I sat down.

"Mad?…no…. I'm just trying to figure out why there are leeches after you now though." He said.

"Bella what did you say his name is?" Sam asked after a few minutes.

"I didn't say his name." I said.

"Will you tell us now, so we know who we're looking for. Just in case." he said.

I looked at everyone sitting in the room, taking in all there expressions. I slowly opened my mouth to speak.

"James."

"Fuck." I heard from Paul next to me.

"What? Paul, what's the matter?" I asked, panic clear in my voice.

"I know why he's after Bella."

Let me know…..